New Orleans police said three men and two women were arrested early Wednesday morning after they shot at homeless people across the New Orleans area overnight.

NOPD: 5 arrested after shooting homeless people with pellet gun across New Orleans area

New Orleans police said three men and two women were arrested early Wednesday morning after they shot at homeless people across the New Orleans area overnight.

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Updated: 11:08 PM CDT Jul 30, 2014

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WEBVTT IN THE FRENCH QUARTER... FIVEPEOPLE ARE UNDER ARREST...ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT HOMELESSPEOPLE WITH A PELLETGUN. 21 YEAR OLD WILLIE JOHNSONJUNIOR, 22 YEAR OLD JOHNSCHNIDER, 18 YEAR OLD COLISHAPRESTON AND 25 YEAR OLDCHARVONDA NETTLES WERE TAKENINTO CUSTODY AFTER A37 YEAR OLD HOMELESS MAN TOLDINVESTIGATORSHE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST, CHINAND CHEEKS WHILE HE WASSLEEPING EARLY THIS MORNING.AUTHORITIES SAY THEY LATERDISCOVERED A PELLET GUN IN THECAR THE SUSPECTS USED INTHE SHOOTINGS... THREE OTHERHOMELESS CAME FORWARD ANDSAID THEY WERE SHOT. THOSEARRESTS WERE MADE BYLOUISIANA STATE POLICE IN THEQUARTER.AND IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER FORSTATE POLICE IN THE NEWORLEANS AREA... SINCE THEBOURBON STREET SHOOTINGS INLATE JUNE, 50-TROOPERS HAVE BEENASSIGNED TO HELP THE N-O-P-D IN THE QUARTER. COLONELMIKE EDMONSONTALKED ABOUT THAT AND MOREDURING A NEWS CONFERENCETODAY NEAR SAINT LOUISCATHEDRAL... W-D-S-U'S TRAVERSMACKEL HAS MORE ON WHAT WASDISCUSSED...IN NEW ORLEANS WHILE HISTROOPERS PROVIDEADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE -COL. MIKE EDMONSONADDRESSED THE CONTROVERSYSURROUNDING HIS PENSION. ON THELAST DAY OF THE LEGISLATIVESESSION LAWMAKERSPASSED A BILL THAT WASEVENTUALLY SIGNED INTO LAW THATWOULD RAISE EDMONSON'S PENSIONTO THETUNE OF AN ADDITIONAL $30,000 AYEAR. NUMEROUS STATEINVESTIGATION ARE UNDERWAY INTOTHE MATTER ...... EDMONSON SAYS THE SITUATIONWILL NOT EFFECT HIS DUTIES ...... THE JINDAL APPOINTE ALSOADDRESSED THE RECENT INCIDENTALLEN. MOORE CLAIMS HEWAS ROUGHED UP BY STATE POLICEIN THE LOWER NINTH WARD OVERTHE WEEKEND. STATE POLICE SAYMOORE RESISTED AND THAT DASH-CAM FOOTAGE - THAT IS STILL YETTO BE RELEASED - WILL BACK UPHISTROOPERS STORY. ... ON YOURSIDE, TRAVERS MACKEL WDSU NEWS.THE 50 STATE TROOPERS WILLCONTINUE TO PATROL THEFRENCH QUARTER THROUGH LABORDAY... THAT INVESTIGATIONINTO EDMONSON'S PENSION HIKECONTINUES... TODAY THEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THELOUISIANA STATE POLICERETIREMENT SYSTEM SAYS ATTORNEYSARE REVIEWINGWHETHER THE LAW CHANGE TO SEE IFTI WAS HANDLEDPROPERTY... AN OPINION ISEXPECTED ON THE MATTER IN TWOWEEKS....

NOPD: 5 arrested after shooting homeless people with pellet gun across New Orleans area

New Orleans police said three men and two women were arrested early Wednesday morning after they shot at homeless people across the New Orleans area overnight.